Two Aboitiz-backed companies are deepening the country’s circular economy push by turning hard-to-recycle plastic waste into an industrial resource instead of landfill, highlighting how corporate partnerships can unlock both environmental and business value.
PETValue Philippines Corp. and Republic Cement & Building Materials Inc. signed a Zero Waste to Landfill Partnership on July 3 in General Trias, Cavite, linking PETValue’s bottle-to-bottle recycling operations with Republic Cement’s ecoloop resource recovery program.
Under the arrangement, plastic bottle caps, labels, and other residual materials that cannot be recycled into new PET bottles will be diverted from landfills and co-processed as alternative fuel in cement manufacturing, extending the value of materials that would otherwise become waste.
The collaboration reflects a growing shift among manufacturers toward integrated waste management systems that treat waste as a resource rather than a disposal problem, helping reduce landfill dependence while improving resource efficiency.
PETValue, a joint venture between Coca-Cola Europacific Aboitiz Philippines and Indorama Ventures, operates the country’s first food-grade bottle-to-bottle PET recycling facility, converting post-consumer clear PET bottles into recycled resin for new beverage packaging.
Republic Cement, a CRH-Aboitiz company, complements that process through its ecoloop program, which has diverted more than 1.5 million tons of residual plastic waste from landfills through co-processing.
“This partnership with PETValue is a strong example of circularity in action,” said Atty. Angela Edralin-Valencia, director of ecoloop, noting that the collaboration enables companies to recover greater value from waste while reducing landfill dependence.
The partnership demonstrates how collaboration across the Aboitiz Group can accelerate sustainability goals. By connecting recycling with industrial resource recovery, the companies are creating a closed-loop system that minimizes waste, maximizes material use, and supports the Philippines’ transition toward a more circular, low-waste economy.
